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The real spiritual struggle is to spend time with God in your room.

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The real spiritual struggle is to spend time with God in your room. Pope Shenouda in front of his cave in the desert  His Holiness Pope Shenouda as we commemorate His Departure on March 17 th once said, the minute you want to sit with yourself to evaluate yourself, the Satan will not allow you to do so, as he knows the power which can come out of your sincere meeting with yourself. Tamav Erene while she is praying in one of the meeting with the people  Tamav Erene the abbess of St. Philopater Mercurius Convent for nuns in Old Cairo once said when she visited US. A day in my cell is better than all these beautiful views in the US. She found God in her very tight room, she made her room paradise. (This 3 minutes clip shows you the cell of Tamav Erene in which she counted it paradise  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Tw2HreKqbY  ) Fr. Bishoy Kamel  Fr. Bishoy Kamel once said, the true indicator of one ’ s true service for G...

The New Martyr Catherine of Egypt who was martyred in Libya

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The celebration  Day of the new recent martyrs in Egypt in the Coptic Orthodox Church was set to be on  February 15th  every year, which is the expected day for the martyrdom  of 21 in Libya  The interview with the two sisters of the martyrs Catherine, Gamal and Sahar done by CTV Channel  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sDMcMVKtsM Applying from Carol and Carla the sister of Catherine the martyr and the daughters of the martyrs Magdy and Sahar.                                                            Catherine the Martyr in Libya  Summary of the interview  The three daughters were in Libya, in their school they were the only Christians, Catherine were asked to wear the veil “Hijab” She refused and said I am Christian I can not wear it. The principle of the school wa...